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He added: “We started heading up quite sharply and people were screaming.

“The girl in front of me was sick and the woman behind me was screaming in panic. It was stressful.

“It was pretty scary to be honest. We got through the turbulence and safely landed in Split and the captain emerged from the cockpit area and spoke to everyone, explaining that the freak weather had made it too dangerous to land.”

Milan was sent a photo of the hailstones in Split by a friend. He said: “This was genuinely freak weather.”

A spokesman for EasyJet said: “EasyJet can confirm that flight EZY6812 from Glasgow to Split diverted to Ljubljana due to adverse weather over Split.